Health ministry details three-year strategy to upgrade gov’t hospitals

Ministry of Health
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AMMAN — The Ministry of Health has shared the details of its three-year (2023–2025) strategy aimed at expanding and modernizing government hospitals, improving infrastructure management, supply, and ensuring sustainability. اضافة اعلان

The plan, which will cost JD1.7 billion in total, includes several projects across the country, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.

ExpansionsAs part of the strategy, the ministry plans to expand the Obstetrics and Gynecology building at Al-Bashir Hospital at a cost of JD10 million in partnership with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. The Burn unit at the hospital will also be expanded at a cost of JD4.6 million, funded by the Kuwaiti Development Fund.

The Emergency and Ambulance building at Prince Hussein Hospital will be expanded at a cost of JD2.5 million, and the expansion will be completed by next year with a grant from the Kuwaiti Development Fund in partnership with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

The Emergency and Ambulance building at Princess Badea’a Hospital will be expanded at a cost of JD1.7 million, which will be completed by 2025 with funding from the Ministry of Health budget and the Kuwaiti Development Fund.

Heart services will be provided at Princess Iman Hospital in Ajloun and Zarqa Government Hospital at a cost of JD3 million over three years, with funding from the joint grant fund. Jameel AlTotangi Hospital in Sahab will also be expanded at a cost of JD1 million, to be completed by 2025.

Additionally, Princess Iman Hospital in Maadi will be expanded over three years at a cost of JD8 million, funded by the Saudi Development Fund. Maan Government Hospital will be expanded in three years, including the outpatient clinics, blood bank, and operations at a cost of JD5 million from the Ministry of Health’s decentralized budget.

Nadeem Hospital will be expanded over three years at a cost of JD1 million by the end of 2025, and Prince Faisal Hospital will be expanded and modernized over two years at a cost of JD8 million during 2023-2024, funded by the Saudi Development Fund.

The Diagnosis and Disabilities building in Irbid will be rehabilitated over two years at a cost of JD1 million from the joint grant fund.

Pediatrics and neonatal care units to be updatedThe strategy aims to expand and update the Pediatrics and Neonatal Care units departments in hospitals, which began last year and will be completed in 2025 at a cost of JD3 million, subject to funding availability.

The capacity of the Nephrology departments will also be increased at a cost of JD2.5 million dinars, funded by the Ministry of Health budget and a joint grant fund.

Funding SourcesFunding for the projects will come from a variety of sources, including the Ministry of Health budget, the joint grant fund, the Saudi Development Fund, and the Kuwaiti Development Fund.